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• Iconic broadcaster and political commentator Rafe Mair remembered at private service

  30-10-2017 23:47 via globalnews.ca
  Friends and family gathered Monday to say goodbye to iconic broadcaster, political commentator and firebrand Rafe Mair.
  
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• Kuzma: Hitch scratches one last coaching itch to leave legacy

  30-10-2017 23:38 via theprovince.com
  Like a moth to a flame, Ken Hitchcock was always attracted to the Dallas Stars.
  The third-longest serving coach in National Hockey League history would have been a good short-term fit for the rebuilding Vancouver Canucks when he was looking for work last spring — especially if Travis Green had landed elsewhere — but that was never going to happen.
  Not a chance.
  Hitch got the itch again after considering calling it a career at age 65 when fired by the St. Louis Blues on Feb 1. However
  
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• Ontario PCs want Toronto casino deal halted during B.C. gambling-industry probe

  30-10-2017 23:21 via vancouversun.com
  TORONTO — Ontario’s Opposition is calling on the government to halt a deal with a gaming company that runs a B.C. casino alleged to have accepted millions that could be proceeds of crime.
  The B.C. government has launched an independent expert’s review of the province’s policies in the gambling industry after concerns were raised about the possibility of money laundering at the River Rock Casino in Richmond.
  That casino is run by Great Canadian Gaming Corp. (TSX:GC), which
  
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• Whitecaps Southsiders fan club to leave scarves in Vancouver in show of solidarity

  30-10-2017 23:20 via globalnews.ca
  The Southsiders – known for their over the top chants, cheers, and energy – are opting to have some of their members stay home due to President Donald Trump’s executive travel ban.
  
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• Vancouver could get hit with some snow on Friday

  30-10-2017 23:16 via vancouversun.com
  Enjoy your moment in the sun because rain and possibly snow are on the way.
  Environment Canada says Metro Vancouver can expect mainly sunny skies Tuesday but trick or treaters would be wise to keep an umbrella handy later in the day as there is 40 per cent chance of showers tomorrow night. 
  The showers will turn to rain on Wednesday and we can expect soggy conditions for the rest of the week. Temperatures are expected to drop down to around freezing later this week which could mean snowfall
  
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• Experienced skydiver injured after parachute fails in Salmon Arm

  30-10-2017 23:07 via vancouversun.com
  SALMON ARM — An experienced skydiver has landed in hospital after he crashed during a jump in Salmon Arm.
  Rick Scott with Skydive Salmon Arm says the man was injured Sunday when his main parachute failed, leaving only a reserve chute to slow his descent.
  The man suffered a broken pelvis in the crash and was taken to hospital by helicopter.
  Salmon Arm RCMP say in a news release that the injured man is a 39-year-old Kelowna resident.
  Scott says the man had hundreds of previous jumps to his c
  
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• B.C. government unveils 27-member panel to help draft poverty reduction strategy

  30-10-2017 22:49 via globalnews.ca
  About 40 per cent of those living in poverty are the so-called "working poor," while nearly 120,000 are children and nearly 65,000 of them are seniors according to provincial figures. 
  
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• Coquitlam mayor repeats call for re-opening of Riverview Hospital

  30-10-2017 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart has given an emotional appeal in response to B.C.’s overdose crisis. Posting a video on Facebook, Stewart calls for Riverview Hospital to be re-opened. He joined Sonia Deol on BC1 to talk about his call for action.
  
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• Tips for having a safer Halloween

  30-10-2017 22:29
  
  Vancouver police, fire and emergency services are reminding the public to keep a few safety tips in mind heading into Halloween night.
  
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• Letters: Immigrants should ‘fit in’ like they used to, reader says

  30-10-2017 22:09 via theprovince.com
  In the 1950s, Canada welcomed thousands of immigrants from around the world. I grew up in the east end of Vancouver and 99 per cent of us got along just fine.Why? Because the families relocating here were so happy to be here that they did not try to impose their old country conditions on the main Canadian population. They all spoke our language, displayed their services and products in English and, in other words, fit in. Those of us already here enjoyed their willingness to make our countr
  
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• On foot along Dorset’s Jurassic Coast

  30-10-2017 22:03 via vancouversun.com
  Dorset England. This corner of the world is one of outstanding natural beauty with its chalk cliffs, limestone ridges and truly spectacular coastline it is a delightful county for walking.
  From our base near Lulworth Cove village, we enjoyed several guided walks along sections of the 630‑mile‑long South West Coastal Path (SWCP), one of Britain’s longest national trails.
  Lulworth Cove, once known as a hangout for smugglers, in the 1920s and 30s, became the haunt of the &ldq
  
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• B.C. to ban corporate and union donations in municipal elections

  30-10-2017 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C. Municipal Affairs Minister Selina Robinson introduced legislation Monday to ban corporate and union donations from municipal elections, which would change the campaign finance rules for the 2018 local campaigns.
  Robinson said the bill will “level the playing field for local candidates in our province” by getting big money out of municipal races. The legislation, if passed, would prohibit unions and corporations, as well as people who are not B.C. residents,
  
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• Phil Mack to captain Canada for November rugby tests

  30-10-2017 21:58 via theprovince.com
  Canada has a new leader: Phil Mack is going to captain Canada.
  With four matches in the next four weeks, the diminutive scrum half will have his hands full.
  It all begins Friday night at BC Place, when Canada hosts the New Zealand Maori All Blacks.
  “It’s a big honour, obviously,” Mack said after practice at UBC on Monday. “To be asked to lead the team is something I don’t take lightly.”
  News: Head Coach Kingsley Jones has announced that veteran scrum half @phi
  
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• Coquitlam RCMP issue warning about this charity donation box thief

  30-10-2017 21:53 via globalnews.ca
  On Sept. 17, 59-year-old Victor Hansen of Port Coquitlam was charged with theft after a donation box was stolen from a business in the 1000-block of Nicola Avenue in Port Coquitlam.
  
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• IHIT confirms identity of latest Lower Mainland gang-linked murder victim

  30-10-2017 21:49 via vancouversun.com
  A gangster involved in the on-going Lower Mainland conflict has been identified as the latest murder victim in Surrey.
  Randeep “Randy” Kang, 27, was shot to death about 9 p.m. on October 27 in the 11300-block of Alpen Place.  
  His brother was wounded in the attack and remains in hospital.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is looking for witnesses in the case.
  Cpl. Frank Jang said shortly after the shooting, Surrey RCMP received a call about a dark-coloured SUV
  
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• Granville Island shops open their doors and windows to the Dead

  30-10-2017 21:48 via vancouversun.com
  International Day of the Dead Tour and Exhibit
  Nov. 1 to 26 | Granville Island
  Info: dodexhibit.com
  For most of November, visitors to Granville Island will be treated to a little bit of Mexican culture.
  For the third (and probably last) year, stores and businesses on the island are displaying hand painted and decorated clay skulls as part of the International Day of the Dead Exhibition and Festival.
  The exhibit will include new skulls as well as those from the last two years. In total, there wil
  
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• Final Utilities Commission report into Site C dam due Wednesday

  30-10-2017 21:42 via globalnews.ca
  A final report into the future of the controversial $8.9 billion megaproject is due on Wednesday.
  
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• B.C. Liquor Stores selling rare Bowmore scotch for $32,000

  30-10-2017 21:41 via vancouversun.com
  If you have a taste for fine single malt scotch and $32,000 burning a hole your pocket, B.C. Liquor Stores have just the bottle for you.
  A collection of hard to find spirits, including a $32,000 bottle of the rare Bowmore Black 1964 50-year-old whisky, will go on sale Nov. 4 at the annual B.C. Liquor Stores’ Premium Spirit Release.
  Only 159 bottles of Bowmore Black 1964 have been made available internationally and this is the fifth, final and oldest cask in the distillery’s
  
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• Owners hang for-sale sign on iconic Vancouver Hudson's Bay store

  30-10-2017 21:33 via vancouversun.com
  The Hudson’s Bay Co. is taking offers to sell its historic downtown Vancouver store, the company confirmed Monday, in a transaction that could be worth a reported $800-900 million and be one of the biggest commercial real estate deals in the city’s history.
  And the company is announcing this step less than a week after Hudson’s Bay Co. reported the $1-billion deal to sell its landmark Lord and Taylor store in New York.
  The Hudson’s Bay store would still occupy space in th
  
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• Poppy donation boxes in Port Coquitlam are targeted by thieves

  30-10-2017 21:04 via vancouversun.com
  The RCMP is warning businesses to keep an eye on their poppy boxes following a recent theft in Port Coquitlam.
  Coquitlam RCMP asks the public to make sure charity donation boxes are properly secured against a suspect who is known for stealing them.  
  Victor Hansen, a 59-year-old Port Coquitlam resident, has been charged in connection with the Sept. 17 theft of a donation box from a business in the 1000 block of Nicola Avenue, Port Coquitlam. 
  Victor Hansen
  Police suspect similar t
  
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• Oil patch wants ‘flexibility’ on coming methane cuts or says jobs are at risk

  30-10-2017 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  The group that lobbies for Canada's energy industry says thousands of jobs are at risk unless it gets flexibility implementing new rules on cutting a major greenhouse gas.
  
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• 5 things to do in Vancouver Nov. 2 – 9

  30-10-2017 20:59 via vancouversun.com
  King Charles III
  To Nov. 19, various times | Stanley Industrial Alliance Theatre
  Tickets and info: From $29, at artsclub.com
  The Queen is dead. Long live the King. In playwright Mike Bartlett’s multiple award-winning political satire, the whole notion of the role of the British monarchy and its public image in modern times is put under a clever microscope. Written in blank verse, the play follows a Shakespearean model of plot twists and intrigue as Charles (Ted Cole) rises to the throne as
  
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• Parenting: kid-friendly Halloween activities

  30-10-2017 20:54 via globalnews.ca
  It’s nearly Halloween and parenting expert Andrea Vance has some ideas for kid-friendly activities that are fun for the whole family.
  
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• B.C. Hydro Site C dam project decision a political Sophie’s Choice for John Horgan

  30-10-2017 20:42
  
  "Sophie’s Choice: A choice where every alternative has significant negative consequences.”
  
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• BC Noon Weather Forecast: Oct 30

  30-10-2017 20:39 via globalnews.ca
  The Monday, October 30, 2017 afternoon weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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• Police to use DNA testing in case of missing Vernon teen, says mother

  30-10-2017 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  The mother of an 18-year-old girl who went missing from Vernon in May says police have asked her for a blood sample for DNA testing.
  
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• Variety Week: Strathcona Beer Company

  30-10-2017 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  Strathcona Beer Company has been operational for just over a year and is already making an impact on the community. During Variety Week, Strathcona will be donating proceeds from their beer sales to Variety – The Children’s Charity.
  
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• Variety Week: creative fundraising

  30-10-2017 20:27 via globalnews.ca
  In this age of Go Fund Me and Kickstarter campaigns, there are multiple interests all vying for every dollar. To reach potential donors, Variety – The Children’s Charity needs to be creative in its approach to fundraising. Ted Field explains.
  
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• Vancouver Aquarium's marine mammal centre saves sickly sea lion

  30-10-2017 20:19
  The centre says the sea lion, a male estimated to be about three or four years old, weighs just 100 kilograms and is dehydrated and emaciated.
  
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• Snow possible for B.C. interior and some areas of the Lower Mainland this week

  30-10-2017 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  The warmer sunnier October days seem to be coming to an end.
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed appeals in Dziekanski case

  30-10-2017 20:03 via globalnews.ca
  The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected the appeals of two Mounties found guilty in the death of Robert Dziekanski ten years ago. Jennifer Palma reports.
  
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• Metro Vancouver is paying North America’s highest gas prices: Analyst

  30-10-2017 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  It's another round of pain at the pump for Metro Vancouver.
  
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• South Korea's newest pop hit features a video filmed entirely in Vancouver

  30-10-2017 20:01 via vancouversun.com
  With locations including the Stanley Park seawall, a retro garage and an eerily empty White Rock pier, South Korea’s newest K-Pop hit just happens to feature a music video filmed entirely in Metro Vancouver.
  “Likey,” by the nine-member girl group Twice, features a who’s who of Vancouver’s most Instagram-worthy locations.
  There’s a gelato shop, the Gastown steam clock, a street of surprisingly expensive McMansions, a SkyTrain car, Angel clothing store and Stev
  
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• Ontario PCs want Toronto casino deal halted during B.C. money laundering probe

  30-10-2017 19:48 via vancouversun.com
  TORONTO — Ontario’s Opposition is calling on the government to halt a deal with a gaming company that is facing money laundering allegations in British Columbia.
  The B.C. government has launched an independent expert’s review of the province’s policies in the gambling industry after concerns were raised about the possibility of money laundering at the River Rock Casino in Richmond.
  That casino is run by Great Canadian Gaming Corp. (TSX:GC), which the Ontario Lottery and G
  
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• An Evening With Rod Stewart

  30-10-2017 19:48 via globalnews.ca
  Legendary musician, Sir Rod Stewart returns to Canada in 2018 for a 10-date tour across the country, playing Rogers Arena April 10th! Tickets go on sale this Friday Nov 3
  
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• B.C. names 27 people to poverty reduction forum

  30-10-2017 19:36 via vancouversun.com
  Shane Simpson, minister of social development and poverty reduction, has appointed 27 people to his advisory forum to help shape B.C.’s first Poverty Reduction Strategy.
  Despite having the highest rate of working poor in the country, B.C. is the only province in Canada without a formal poverty-reduction plan.
  “Poverty affects too many people in our province. It’s time to change that and today is where we start to forge a new path,” said Simpson. “This grou
  
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• Coroners inquest to examine police-involved death of Burnaby man

  30-10-2017 19:33 via vancouversun.com
  BURNABY — The B.C. Coroners Service has scheduled an inquest to examine the police-involved death of a 35-year-old man from Burnaby.
  Travis Rood was shot on March 29, 2015, when RCMP responded to reports of a double stabbing in a home in the Vancouver-area city.
  He was rushed to hospital but died a short time later.
  A second man was found in the home suffering from fatal stab wounds.
  The Independent Investigations Office, which investigates police-involved death or serious injury, has not
  
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• Supreme Court rejects appeals in Dziekanski police-perjury convictions

  30-10-2017 19:15 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed appeals from two men convicted of perjury in connection with a notorious Taser death at Vancouver’s airport in 2007.
  The court rejected the appeals immediately after hearing them.
  Kwesi Millington and Benjamin (Monty) Robinson were among four Mounties charged with perjury following a public inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski.
  He was jolted several times with a RCMP Taser and died in the arrivals area of the airport.
  Both men
  
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• African penguin waddles into Vancouver Aquarium benefit

  30-10-2017 19:11
  
  Fred Lee features the latest events in Vancouver's social scene.
  
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• Moment of silence for man murdered on Kelowna transit bus

  30-10-2017 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  Kelowna transit bus drivers observe a moment of silence in honour of stabbing victim.
  
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• The Morning Skate, Oct. 30: Buzz…killed?

  30-10-2017 18:32 via theprovince.com
  There was a lot of noise last night under the Dome.
  The astounding part was it managed to keep going through much of the match — even if there was just one shot on target.
  It was to the outside observer A Very Dull Game. Yes, you could have trademarked that one.
  But still, the people in the stands seemed to be enjoying themselves.
  What in the world is this USA Today photo of Aly Ghazal headlocking Ozzie Alonso and Nicolás Lodeiro at the same time… #VANvSEA pic.twitter.com/znD
  
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• B.C. government to change rules for 2018 local elections

  30-10-2017 18:26 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORA – B.C. Municipal Affairs Minister Selina Robinson is set to announce changes to the province’s 2018 municipal elections.
  Robinson will hold a press conference at the legislature at 2:45 p.m. Monday to discuss “changes that will affect the 2018 general local elections,” alongside Union of B.C. Municipalities president Wendy Booth and Oak Bay mayor Nils Jensen.
  Local politicians asked the government to consider election finance reform, including banning and corporat
  
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• UBC fields 10 reports under new sexual assault policy

  30-10-2017 18:17 via globalnews.ca
  The university's new sexual assault policy has been in place for about six months.
  
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• A post racial is still just a dream

  30-10-2017 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  Smart People
  Nov. 3 to 18, 8 p.m. | Studio 16
  Tickets and info: $26-$31 at mitchandmurrayproductions.com
  In the Lydia R. Diamond penned play Smart People, four, well, smart people are faced with the undeniable nature of racism and sexism.
  While sadly this is a play for our immediate times it is set during the 2008 run-up to Barack Obama’s presidency. Neuroscientist Brian (Aaron Craven) is studying the brain’s responses to race and what that means to society. His findings are controve
  
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• Vancouver Canucks recall Anton Rodin from AHL Comets

  30-10-2017 17:52 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks have called up Swedish forward Anton Rodin from the Utica Comets, the team’s American Hockey League affiliate.
  The 26-year-old Rodin, who was MVP of the Swedish Hockey League during the 2015-16 season, missed most of the last season with an injury after signing with the Canucks as a free agent.
  The Canucks have a couple of injuries to key forwards. Star rookie Brock Boeser, who is leading the club in points with two goals and seven assists in eight games, is listed da
  
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• Survey says: British Columbians like Justin Trudeau and the Liberals

  30-10-2017 17:18 via vancouversun.com
  More than half of British Columbians approve of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s performance to date, and would re-elect his party if an election were held tomorrow, according to a new survey on politics in Canada.
  However, over the past six months 40 per cent of B.C. residents surveyed said their opinion of Trudeau and the Liberals had worsened, while 43 per cent said it had stayed the same. Only 12 per cent said their opinion had improved.
  Insights West surveyed 1,005 Canadian adults onli
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada rejects appeals from men convicted of perjury in Dziekanski case

  30-10-2017 17:13 via globalnews.ca
  The Supreme Court of Canada will hear appeals from two men convicted of perjury in connection with a notorious stun-gun encounter in Vancouver.
  
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• Ontario PCs want casino deal with gaming company nixed amid money laundering claims in B.C.

  30-10-2017 17:08 via globalnews.ca
  Great Canadian Gaming has said it has procedures to ensure regulatory compliance are strictly followed.
  
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• Daily Poll: Is it too early for Christmas decorations?

  30-10-2017 17:07 via vancouversun.com
  It’s not even Halloween yet, but it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Metro Vancouver.
  Some businesses (we’re looking at you Hudson’s Bay) have jumped right into the season to be jolly with Christmas displays.
  St. Paul’s Hospital is also fully decked out with its annual Lights of Hope display, although the lights won’t be illuminated until Nov. 16.
  Too soon?Take Our Poll 
  
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• Variety Week: Anton’s story

  30-10-2017 16:38 via globalnews.ca
  When he was just four-years-old, Anton was diagnosed with a social communication disorder. But, thanks to a grant from Variety the Children’s Charity, Anton is learning how to express himself more effectively.
  
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